Five Elements Cycle, Myriad Laws Return to One

If he had only been suspicious before, then being subdued without the slightest ability to resist made Ji An understand that he had truly encountered a fiend at the Nascent Soul level.

That gentle voice sounded beside his ear, yet to him, it was a life-demanding curse.

But the soul-freezing chill congealed every power he had once been proud of. The Primordial Life Fire and Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire within his dantian were frozen even as they leapt.

Before absolute power, every technique seemed tiny and laughable.

In the past, other cultivators had been the laughable ones before him. Now, he was the laughable one before the shadow.

The shadow's formerly chaotic face gradually took shape. Her appearance shifted, becoming that of a bewitching woman.

Her brows were like distant mountains brushed with ink, her skin like smiling peach blossoms, her eyes bright as stars, and her crimson lips like fire. Gradually, warmth returned to the woman's body.

At another time and in another place, Ji An would certainly have been willing to admire her properly. But at this very moment, he only felt as though ten thousand thoughts were burning to ash.

A fiend whose body had become corporeal possessed strength at Golden Core Perfection, yet that coldness still remained in her body.

When a fiend reached the Nascent Soul level, the chill emanating from its body would grow even stronger.

If body warmth was born, it meant Yin extreme Yang birth. The fiend had reached Nascent Soul Late Stage and was undergoing an even greater transformation.

The woman's saliva dripped onto Ji An's face. He wanted to force out a few defiant words, only to discover that his entire body had frozen solid and even his thoughts had begun to slow.

A scarlet tongue extended from the woman's